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Suggest Treatment For Swollen And Bruised Arm
i stupidly took my cast off on my arm, 10 days before it was suppose to (personal reason, please dont ask why). i slid it off in the shower, my arm feels fine, a bit tender around where the fracture was, but what i am more concerned about it that there is a vein going across my hand that half way through it looks like its burst or swollen, it hurts a bit looks like a purple bruise like. should i be concerned about this or could it be swollen because the blood in my arm could of possibly been forced through it as i squeezed my arm through.. again. please dont ask why i did, i shouldn t of done it at all in the first place, but i am bit concerned now.
Fri, 17 Apr 2015
Hi,
dont be concerned with the vein too much, it will correct by itself, rather get an X ray done to see the status of union of your fracture, because premature removal of support to the healing bone can cause it to stop uniting or unite in a deformed state, and both these conditions need surgery.
GET X RAYED
dont be concerned with the vein too much, it will correct by itself, rather get an X ray done to see the status of union of your fracture, because premature removal of support to the healing bone can cause it to stop uniting or unite in a deformed state, and both these conditions need surgery.
GET X RAYED
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